Thanks to Hosts, Sponsors, and Staff 
 
Whereas, the preparation for and execution of the ICANN Bucharest
meeting has been conducted in an exemplary fashion; 
 
Whereas, the hospitality, facilities, attention to the needs of the
participants, and extraordinary efforts to provide support have been
without peer; 
 
Now therefore [02.__], the ICANN Board expresses its deep
appreciation and thanks, on its own behalf and on behalf of all
participants to: 
 
       The Board especially and warmly appreciates the efforts of
       the local host, most particularly the support and hard work
       of Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dan
       Nica, Professor Doina Banciu - General Manager of ICI
       Bucharest, Dr. Ing. Eugenie Staicut -Head of RNC Department -
       ICI Bucharest, Victor Ciuperca - ICI Bucharest and the
       following ICI Bucharest staff who made the Bucharest meeting
       such an outstanding success: Christian Mitu, Dan Mihalcea,
       Florentina Onea, Dan Paraschiv, Mircea Cornea, Cristian Haja,
       Andrei Petrescu, Florin Mihalache, Adrian Belmega, Ion
       Dumitrascu, Ion Manea, Olga Olaru, Diana Petrescu, Cristian
       Radulescu, Mihaela Moholea, Madalina Zamfir, Ani Neacsu,
       Dragos Vlad, Andrei Niculescu, Irina Stoltz, Raluca Andrei, 
       Alina Pruna, and Karina Berceanu.  
 
       The Board would also like to thank Connex, the main sponsor
       of the meeting, for its generous support, and in particular,
       the work of Alexandru Hurdubaie, Manager of Data, and their
       staff: Lucian Lupascu, Liviu Neaga, Dragos Dobre, Adrian
       Ciobanu, Alina Iordan, Cristian Duta, Florentin Mirea, George
       Popescu, Fadi Rida, Florin Druzian, Oana Fodoran.  The
       contribution of Flamingo, the second main sponsor, is also
       deeply appreciated, and especially the assistance of its
       staff members: Ion Dinescu, Alexandru Carlan, Elena Barbu,
       Carmen Olteanu, Andreea Constantinescu, Adrian Cretescu,
       Liviu Popescu, and Mihai Jinga. 
 
Additional sponsors whose support for the ICANN meeting is greatly
appreciated include CENTR, Afilias Global Registry, The Global Name
Registry, NeuStar, ANISP (National Association of Internet Service
Providers from Romania), Cisco Romania, ccTLD Constituency
Secretariat, UltraDNS, Oracle AG Romania, Ericsson, CPI, Intrarom,
HP Romania, Software ITC, ATIC, PCNet Data Network, MCD Infonet, 
RomTeamSolutions, Xerox Romania, Computerland, and Shark Industries.
We would also like to acknowledge the hard work of the staff of the
Marriott Grand Hotel; the hotel proved an exceptional and hospitable
location for the ICANN meeting.  
 
In addition, the Board expresses its great appreciation to John
Crain, Diane Schroeder, Theresa Swinehart, Mary Hewitt, Dan
Halloran, Herbert Vitzthum; Joel Jaeggli; Johnny Erikkson; Laura
Brewer; and Terri Darrenougue and the rest of the ICANN staff for
their dedicated efforts in ensuring the smooth operation of the
meeting.